While Tottenham have got to work early and spent big on Luka Modric and Giovani dos Santos, Arsenal are still on the starting blocks, with the first sign of any transfer activity at the Emirates being [...]

There is no time to rest in football. Ferguson might have been dancing on the tables last night, but he’d have been back at his desk this morning with a muesli bar from a garage to plan how to best inflict pain on others come August.

Sweet Baby Joseph, it is HOT outside. It’s all ice lollies, hand held electronic fans and bikinis in this office. But don’t be fooled, we’re not just keeping ourselves cool, there’s also work to be done. Today’s transfers read like this:

They don’t want shiny things that sparkle, they want a DVD of WAGs sweating in Lycra

This Christmas Eve the streets will not only be blessed with the distant sounds of children butchering beautiful carols. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear the racing of tapping heels as a million [...]